Eighty Years of Studies on Industrial Hemp in the Po Valley (1930-2010)

Journal of Natural Fibers

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 180-196

  Zatta, Alessandro ^a   Monti, Andrea ^a   Venturi, Gianpietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

fibre processing; fibre quality; harvest time; hemp; stem production

Indexed keywords

FIBER PROCESS; FIBER PROCESSING; FIBER QUALITY; FIBRE PROCESSING; FIBRE QUALITY; HARVEST TIME; INDUSTRIAL HEMP; PO VALLEY; PRODUCTION STRATEGY; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SHORT TERM; STEM PRODUCTION;

HEMP; TEXTILES;

FIBERS;

FIBERS; HARVESTING; HEMP; ITALY; STEMS; TEXTILES;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 84866271411     PISSN: 15440478     EISSN: 1544046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15440478.2012.706439     Document Type: Article

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